Diagnosis and management of acute heart failure #MMPMID26574757
Ural D; Çavu?o?lu Y; Eren M; Karaüzüm K; Temizhan A; Y?lmaz MB; Zoghi M; Ramassubu K; Bozkurt B
Anatol J Cardiol 2016[Nov]; 15 (11): 860-89 PMID26574757show ga
Acute heart failure (AHF) is a life threatening clinical syndrome with a progressively increasing incidence in general population. Turkey is a country with a high cardiovascular mortality and recent national statistics show that the population structure has turned to an ?aged? population. As a consequence, AHF has become one of the main reasons of admission to cardiology clinics. This consensus report summarizes clinical and prognostic classification of AHF, its worldwide and national epidemiology, diagnostic work-up, principles of approach in emergency department, intensive care unit and ward, treatment in different clinical scenarios and approach in special conditions and how to plan hospital discharge.